Do Partners Agree about Abuse in Their Relationship? A Psychometric Evaluation of Interpartner Agreement.

Moffitt, Terrie E.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ545435

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Do Partners Agree about Abuse in Their Relationship? A Psychometric Evaluation of Interpartner Agreement.

Moffitt, Terrie E.; And Others

Psychological Assessment, v9 n1 p47-56 Mar 1997

Whether partners provide congruent reports about abuse in their relationship was studied with 360 couples. Findings suggest that reports of abuse can be aggregated to form internally consistent scales that show strong interpartner agreement, and that either abuser or victim reports are suitable for research use. (SLD)

Descriptors: Battered Women, Emotional Abuse, Family Violence, Interrater Reliability, Marital Instability, Psychometrics, Self Report, Significant Others, Spouses

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Research supported by Award 94-IJ-CX-0041 from the National Institute of Justice and Grants MH-45070, MH-49414, and R01-36959 from the National Institute of Mental Health. Additional support from the William T. Grant Foundation, The William Freeman Vilas Trust, the U.S. Department of Education, and the New Zealand Health Research Council.